brimed03:/given the choice, I'd admin in FinAid somewhere before serving as Putin's secret towel boy but somewhere after forced listening to Sarah Palin's complete set of public utterances. Both would break my sanity, but only FinAid admin would break my heart.

Meh. I work in grad school now. Much better. Plus, no parents to deal with!

Delawheredad:However the kid ended up living outside the house there is precious little she can do. No IF her parents were divorced the parent responsible for support, under new Jersey state law, MUST PAY CHILD SUPPORT UNTIL THE CHILD FINISHES COLLEGE! -- Too bad your parents are still together toots!

Even if parents were divorced, if the mother didn't want the kid in college, is there any state in the union that will force payment to go to the kid (or at least to the college against mom's wishes)? Fark has assured me that there is zero accountability on where that money goes.

Mom (and Dad) appear to want control. I doubt that she would be getting any even if they were divorced.

So she has a $20k scolarship? Thas $20k more than I got. Maybe she should go to school and I dont know maybe get a job to cover anything else.Maybe since her new family is so hot for her they can cosign any student loans she needs.

Though I do think the truth is somewhere in between what she says and what her folks say. Watch them stripper poles in the Vermont winter they can get cold.

When I turned 18, I did not want my parents to pay for college since they spent all that time an money getting me to that point. I looked at my options, and found that the military would train me, house me, feed me and would pay for college when my time was up. There is always an option. Some would rather be twat waffles and be more of a burden on their family even after they are legally an adult.

There are many jobs out there that she can do, she just doesn't want to do them. The world needs burger flippers, cashiers, shelve stockers, and of course as said before, that pole will not work itself. Single parents are making work she just needs to try harder.

brimed03:given the choice, I'd admin in FinAid somewhere before serving as Putin's secret towel boy but somewhere after forced listening to Sarah Palin's complete set of public utterances. Both would break my sanity, but only FinAid admin would break my heart.

She decided she did not want to follow rules but that her parents should fund her car, food,living expenses private high school tuition, and on top of all that she wants them to release the college fund they saved for her to be used at her discretion.

And Mrs Canning even accused her daughter of trying to sabotage her relationship with her husband and even 'attempting to open up a dating profile for him'.

Hi. I am the guy who did the voice of Lionel Hutz. You may remember me from other PSAs like "It probably isn't just a cold sore" or "People who 'pull-out' are called parents!" This chick, she sounds crazy. Never stick your dick in crazy.

what_now:Both sides will be in court Tuesday. Rachel Canning wants the court not to emancipate her, because under the law, a parent has an obligation to support any child who cannot stand on his or her own financially.

Um. Bullshiat. You're 18 years old. You aren't a child.

Rachel also said every piece of financial paperwork she fills out asks her that question and shows she clearly doesn't have the means to support herself.

If you're filling out financial aid paperwork for college, you are using your parents information. If your parents won't fill out the forms, you are just right farked.

Now, if she said "My dad refuses to complete the FAFSA", I'd feel bad for her but legally, she's farked. I have had dozens of students over the years tell me that their parents won't complete the FAFSA, for all sorts of reasons. In some cases, it was a ploy to get more financial aid. In some cases, the parents withdrew financial support because they didn't like the kid's major/grades/boyfriend/attitude etc.

In some cases, the parents were just simply dickbags. Even then- there isn't a whole lot you can do.

Inglesino said he has spent more than $12,000 on the lawsuit because he wants Rachel to have a great future.

Oh. he's farking her.

If a person is paying their own way t hen there is. I reason for thei parents assets to factor into financial aid

UGOTPZD:I like the parents totally normal rules for an 18 year old of telling her who she can date, what time she has to be in the house, etc.

18 Years olds don't need to be told these things

When they live in the house still, they can damn well follow some basic farking rules. You know what happens when you DON'T set down some rules for your over-18 kid still living at home? Come meet my farking 32 year old BIL, and you'll see. Somehow when my MIL died, my wife made the promise to let him stay with us until he finished school. I agreed to let him nanny until our daughter was old enough to go to preschool. 2 years was enough. My daughter is now 5 1/2, and I'm looking at another ear and a half to two years of supporting a 32 year old adult, who pays the farking internet bill, PERIOD. Because he never had to follow rules after he turned 18, so we're just an expected convenience.

GORDON:Jim from Saint Paul: So.... at 18 you are not a legal adult now?

"a parent has an obligation to support any child who cannot stand on his or her own financially. "

Key word: Child.

Which she is not, legally, anymore.

Unless I'm wrong of course.

I think Obamacare made it so that anyone under 25 was a child, and can be on mom/dad's insurance.

Prior to the Affordable Care Act taking effect parents could keep their children on their insurance up to a certain age and if they were a full-time student. The full-time student requirement was removed and the age may have been raised. So now if a kid gets out of college and their first job doesn't offer insurance right away they aren't screwed. But it doesn't change the age at which one becomes a legal adult.

tlars699:1. Parents are obliged to assist or pay all school loans of the kid going to school especially if the kid defaults. HINT TO IDIOT-GIRL: GO TO COLLEGE. DEFAULT. THEY HAVE TO PAY. DUH!

2. If they set up a college fund in her name, then she gets that money for school, regardless of house rules.

3. You are considered a child by FAFSA until the ripe old age of 26- when you are no longer able to be carried on your parents' health insurance.

4. You aren't supposed to claim a dependent on your taxes, unless they've lived with you for over 6 months of the year, or you are paying for their schooling.

5. She is totes banging the lawyer.

Ok, so..one of those things is accurate.

1) Unless there is a specific divorce decree, parents are in no way, shape or form, required to pay for college. Unless they co-signed the loan, or took out their own loan, they are also not required to pay a student loan.

2) Unless it is a trust that the student has total access to (very, very rare) a college fund is transferable.

3) You are considered a dependent student until you are 24

4) You can claim a child if you paid more than 50% of their support, regardless of age

ph0rk:tlars699: 1. Parents are obliged to assist or pay all school loans of the kid going to school especially if the kid defaults. HINT TO IDIOT-GIRL: GO TO COLLEGE. DEFAULT. THEY HAVE TO PAY. DUH!

Not if the parents don't agree in the first place, which they clearly won't in this case.

Wrong. It's in the contract with any public loan company like Sallie Mae, or Great Lakes. In both, if you default, your parents are obligated to assist you in paying those back.That's why you have to count their income in filling out FAFSA, even if they aren't helping you pay for college. That's also the reasoning behind not being able to discharge the loans via bankruptcy.

Diogenes:Both sides will be in court Tuesday. Rachel Canning wants the court not to emancipate her, because under the law, a parent has an obligation to support any child who cannot stand on his or her own financially.

Wow. What a little biatch. Let girlfriend's butinski father pay for college, you self-entitled monster.

I was wondering why emancipation even entered the picture. This would appear to explain that.

I am wondering if her girlfriend's butinski father whos a lawyer is tapping that ass as compensentation for his services? Because screwing people is what lawyers do.